FOOD FOR EUROPE WILL NEED U S WHEAT AS WAR RESTRICTIONS GROW
The Washington Post notes the United States has 290,000,000 bushels of wheat available for export beyond home demand. Europe faces a harvest shortfall, with Russia and Hungary posting deficits and Canada Argentina and British India also tight. Germany and Austria cannot import easily, leaving the U S to supply England France and Russia, while Europe’s fields may yield little next year.
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Europe
United States
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Russia
Canada
British India
United
England
France
Scandinavia
Journeys at Home through Washington’s Quiet Thoroughfares
A narrator extols blending city and country in Washington, describing scenic routes along Yaleorama Road and Twenty-First Street. The text evokes historic sites, shaded lanes, and arched facades, noting mingled urban and rural charm as evening mists glaze Mansions and Turneresque facades.
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Castile
Pees
Babylon
Washington
Jarebt
Delly Madison
Lafayette
Owen Meredith
Yalorama Road
Sheridan Circle
Anthony Hope
Hera
Christopher Wren
Ghent
President resists pressure to engage in party politics
The piece portrays the President resisting Democratic demagogues urging him to enter local campaigns for self or party gain. It argues that honoring the presidency requires avoiding political bargains that could diminish national prestige, noting the risks to 1916 and the party’s record if he yields. The rhetoric emphasizes honor over expedient loyalty.
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Democratic Party
Britain and United States debate gold flows and naval actions
The article discusses US obligation payments and continued gold shipments to Europe, noting Britain's demand for gold and German submarine threats in the North Sea. It covers Sir George Paish optimism, the moratorium's end, and potential naval actions, with reflections on the Kiel Canal and global financial strain from the war.
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Makepee
S .Ness
Bro
Great Britain
George Paish
United States
Europe
England
Nemesia
Notables Who Pose for the Movies in Imperial Germany
A 1914 report notes Vice President and Congress members posing for moving pictures at Washington and recounts Kaiser Wilhelm and King Nicholas of Montenegro using cinematographs for state and military imagery. It describes courtiers terrified by film records and cites a bizarre episode of Sir Frederick Carne Rasch’s supposed appearance at Parliament.
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Congress
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Senate
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Germany
England
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Edward VII
Merrtment
Frederick Carne Raach
Sixth Dragoon Guards
Hesex
House of Commons
Sir Frederick
Sanden
Essex
Houses of Commons
Gilbert Parker
Arthur Hayter
Henry Meysey ‘Thompson
Henry Canpball- Bannerman
Frederick Carne Rasch
John Swift Macneill
Donegal
Bergens
T. P. O Conner
Ireland
Emerald Isle
London
Dublin
Marquise DE Fontenot
Agaayright
Hreatweed Company
Saint Die geographers gave America its name first
The Boston Transcript notes Saint Die in the twelfth century was a scholarly center with a famed printing press. Scholars anointed the New World with Columbus’s name via Saint Die’s choice, long before Columbus visited the mainland, linking Saint Die to the baptism of America.
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Boston Transcript
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Frank H. Mason
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Venice
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South America
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Mediterranean
Europe
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Vespucius
Carietopher Columbus
Columbus
Pheasant Caught in Net Spoils Golf Holiday Tale
Four New York men who traveled for a golf holiday returned with a curious report. A pheasant flew into a tennis net at Brick Hill Falls New Jersey, dying there. The men, A. A. Spriggs T. M. Logan W. B. De Saussure and others, debated legality before deciding to eat the bird at breakfast.
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New York Times
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Ik Bnowdan
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Eagle Attacks Ship At Sea Near Delaware Capes
A five foot eagle boarded the British steamship from Huelva and fought two crew members before capture. Hegtewainmith sustained a cut above his left eye and Seaman Hughes suffered a scratched and cut finger. The bird was seen astern Monday morning and after a three hour struggle landed on the foremast before Braith attempted to reach it.
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Philadelphia
Huelva
Spain
Delaware Capes
Hegtewainmith
Seaman Hughes
Braith
Legacy beneficiary dies in sudden heart attack at home
Daniel F. Hawley of Thieli Leohland County learned he inherited 36 500, then died of heart disease while rushing to tell daughter Mia Bertram M. Wagner in Leedaville reported Hawley aged 62. He had just learned his brother Aaroh J. Hawley left him half of a 13 000 estate and collapsed at the stairs.
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New York Tribune
Daniel F. Hawley
Thieli
Heakland County
Mia
Bertram M. Wagner
Leedaville
Aaroh J. Hawley
Hawley
Frederick Gardner
Belgian Dogs lauded for aiding in WWI field work
A Belgian soldier praised using dogs at the front for locating the wounded and dragging carts carrying quick-firing guns. He told Paris Cable for the New York Sun that the animals show steady nerves and are unaffected by cannon fire amid operations.
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Paris
the Sun
Author of British Reports Dispatches From London Front
London correspondence to the New York Stening Post says Col Swinton of the general staff intelligence department writes the press bureau reports from the front. The Empress announces the official descriptions of fighting are by Swinton. It was once believed Field Marshal Sir John French authored them.
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New York
Stening Post
Empress Today
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General Staff
Sir John French
Knehler
War Lord Hueffer’s London Outlook Slogan Recalled
In a fragmentary note the War Lord Ford Madox Hueffer speaks from a London Outlook angle. He imagines bidding farewell to his first guard regiment and crafting a stark line about leadership and loyalty.
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Ford Madox Hueffer
London
Attacked by pygmy rattler in Florida log finding
Excerpt from Snake Hunting in Florida describes a pygmy rattler hiding in a log near kingsnake eggs. The tiny venomous snake, 13 to 18 inches, struck at the author and was narrowly avoided. the group also found banded water snakes and king snakes in hollow logs while noting rattles and behavior.
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Florida
New York Sun
Cantortrix
Sistrurus Milarius
Waters Flow Both Ways In Northern Minnesota Lakes
A U.S. Geological Survey report shows lakes in northern Minnesota draining into both Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. It details east west outlets via Rainy River and Lake Winnipeg to Hudson Bay, and a southern Mississippi outlet. The work spans Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and nearby basins with St Mary River noted.
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Mississippi
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Spla
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Saskatchewan
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Minois
Iowa
Missiasippi
Lad in the Trench and Tangled Verse Fragments
A fragmented newspaper page cites poems and lines from The New York Sun and The New York Tribune. Verses reference the lad in the trench, Grace and Horace with Lydia, and a diner joke about a Jane ey mall, blending wartime slang with lyric snippets.
Wireless on Crusoe Island Lights up Remote Chilean Colony
Valparaiso reports a wireless service being installed at Juan Fernandez Island, birthplace of Robinson Crusoe’s tale. Masa Tierra hosts the settlement effort with Bl Yunque peaks at 3,000 feet as the site for a station aiding Chilean colonization and maritime communications.
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Selkirk
Juan Fernandes
Hobinaon Crusot
Cave Dwellers of America Revealed by Ancient Clues
From National Magazine The American cave dwellers were largely vegetarian and not ape men. Evidence includes seeds metates bones and remains of ritual fires in cave dwellings. Large canyon settlements show communal huts while hundreds of cliff burrows await exploration. Nearby Casa Grande Frijoles reveal variations in stature and burial attire. Reservoirs irrigation ditches pictographs and pottery shards enrich the record of ancient life.
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Albalt Anonymous
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Washington Post backs cotton relief for South
The New York American lauds The Washington Post for advocacy aiding distressed Southern cotton growers. It praises persistent, logical editorials and extensive coverage in Washington, urging Congress and the President to act, and highlighting the paper’s strategic position to serve the South in its hour of need.
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New York American
Washington Post
Congress
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South
John Yd Outwits Trance In Land Purchase Drama
John D Rockefeller finally secures a Pocantice Hills land strip after seven years of stalled negotiations. Levy, who had fallen into a stupor, regains clarity and’s estate is completed by Rockefeller’s agents. Moral: let the other fellow do the sleeping.
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New York Tribune
John D. Rockefeller
John J
Hyman Levy
Pocantice Hills
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Mr. Rockefeller
John BD
Parrot Wanted After Dragned Out By Owner
Isadore Wishback reports a noisy fighting parrot that talks and threatens trouble has vanished from his home on GL Parrish street. Police were told the bird is aggressive, bold and may be known for its fighting qualities, with canaries also missing.
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Isadore Wishback
GL Parrish Street
Cotton Tax and Market Hope Span Washington Visit
Col. Robert Ewing of New Orleans advocates a federal acreage tax on cotton to curb 1915 and 1916 production if the Fourteen War continues. He argues the tax would be prohibitive and cites legal precedents while urging retirement of millions of bales via a bankers' pool. Also notes hotels accepting cotton receipts and a cautious economic mood among retailers and bankers.
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Robert Ewing
New Orleans
New Willard
Col. Ewing
Tie
Bankers’ Pool
Learn to Make Chemicals Here in the United States
Arthur Trainor of Chicago told the Raleigh that chemists in the United States are now producing chloride of magnesia locally. He noted wartimeSupply disruptions raised prices from 16 to 100 per ton, but American firms have succeeded in making the chemical domestically with a made-in-America brand forthcoming.
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Raleigh
Chiorida
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Magnesia
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Austria
Germany
Bis
United States
Montague and Fatigen in Dundee Recruit Drill
A Dundee Advertiser item recounts drill night as officers call names and recruits reply. The names Montague and Fatigen prompt confusion with mispronunciations and jokes about missing identities. A chuckle arises over a rooster gag involving Willie and a fence.
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Fatigen
Dundee Advertiser
Jones
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